Assessing the responsiveness of Spanish policymakers to the priorities of their citizens

This article analyses how well Spanish political elites have responded to the issues signalled as priorities preferred by Spanish citizens from the early 1990s to the present, and to what extent the degree of correspondence between citizens" and policymakers" priorities is related to elect...

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Autores: Chaqués Bonafont, Laura, Palau Roqué, Anna M.
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión aceptada para publicación
Fecha de publicación:2011
País:España
Institución:Universidad de Barcelona
Repositorio:Dipòsit Digital de la UB
OAI Identifier:oai:diposit.ub.edu:2445/51704
Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/2445/51704
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Palabra clave:Polítics
Ciutadania
Opinió pública
Espanya
Politicians
Citizenship
Public opinion
Spain
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spelling Assessing the responsiveness of Spanish policymakers to the priorities of their citizensChaqués Bonafont, LauraPalau Roqué, Anna M.PolíticsCiutadaniaOpinió públicaEspanyaPoliticiansCitizenshipPublic opinionSpainThis article analyses how well Spanish political elites have responded to the issues signalled as priorities preferred by Spanish citizens from the early 1990s to the present, and to what extent the degree of correspondence between citizens" and policymakers" priorities is related to elections, type of government, issue jurisdiction and institutional friction. To measure this the authors rely on Most Important Problem surveys and several databases on laws, bills, oral questions and annual speeches, coded according to the comparative agendas project. They argue that the prioritisation of issues by political elites better matches public preferences at the agenda-setting stage than at the decisionmaking stage, and that correspondence of public and policymakers" priorities is inversely related to institutional friction. The evidence also illustrates that policymakers are more responsive to public priorities on those issues without shared jurisdiction, when the executive governs without a majority and immediately after elections.Taylor and Francis2011info:eu-repo/semantics/articleinfo:eu-repo/semantics/acceptedVersionapplication/pdfhttps://hdl.handle.net/2445/51704Articles publicats en revistes (Ciència Política, Dret Constitucional i Filosofia del Dret)reponame:Dipòsit Digital de la UBinstname:Universidad de BarcelonaInglésVersió postprint del document publicat a: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/01402382.2011.572388West European Politics, 2011, vol. 34, num. 4, p. 706-730http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/01402382.2011.572388(c) Taylor and Francis, 2011info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessoai:diposit.ub.edu:2445/517042026-05-27T06:46:51Z
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title Assessing the responsiveness of Spanish policymakers to the priorities of their citizens
spellingShingle Assessing the responsiveness of Spanish policymakers to the priorities of their citizens
Chaqués Bonafont, Laura
Polítics
Ciutadania
Opinió pública
Espanya
Politicians
Citizenship
Public opinion
Spain
title_short Assessing the responsiveness of Spanish policymakers to the priorities of their citizens
title_full Assessing the responsiveness of Spanish policymakers to the priorities of their citizens
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Palau Roqué, Anna M.
author Chaqués Bonafont, Laura
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Palau Roqué, Anna M.
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dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv Polítics
Ciutadania
Opinió pública
Espanya
Politicians
Citizenship
Public opinion
Spain
topic Polítics
Ciutadania
Opinió pública
Espanya
Politicians
Citizenship
Public opinion
Spain
description This article analyses how well Spanish political elites have responded to the issues signalled as priorities preferred by Spanish citizens from the early 1990s to the present, and to what extent the degree of correspondence between citizens" and policymakers" priorities is related to elections, type of government, issue jurisdiction and institutional friction. To measure this the authors rely on Most Important Problem surveys and several databases on laws, bills, oral questions and annual speeches, coded according to the comparative agendas project. They argue that the prioritisation of issues by political elites better matches public preferences at the agenda-setting stage than at the decisionmaking stage, and that correspondence of public and policymakers" priorities is inversely related to institutional friction. The evidence also illustrates that policymakers are more responsive to public priorities on those issues without shared jurisdiction, when the executive governs without a majority and immediately after elections.
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